Nightmare Steelcage is great if you want to avoid your opponent’s Weather Report

Hiru busting out his own version of the summoning chant for Ra was unexpected and awesome. Love this channel.

Just a note, we might still cover more DM era characters in the future.

"Revival Jam represented one of the themes of Marik's deck really well." Me: That Marik is a slimeball? "Immortality" Me: Ugh, so close!

15:15 Fun fact: Seto in the manga saved Joey by dropping the key down to him in the water.

I’d like to see Yubel’s cards in light of their recent retrains and modern support.

Joey's interaction with the anime lava golem is why the red eyes archetype fusion spell can only summon the one monster to the field. Lava golem proof if you only have 1 monster!

In MD, before tears got restricted into oblivion, Egyptian god slime and muddragon of the swamp was a fun duo to bring out. Not that it actually protected against things like swordsouls or branded, but it pretty much solved the mirror.

We're gonna need Marik & Bakura (competitive/broken) retrains for the culture

I feel like Rex & Weevil should be looked into as well before going to GX. They're fairly important reoccurring characters.

Yami Marik didn't use the immortal phoenix mode against Yami Bakura. He actually used the ability to transfer all of his life points into the Winged Dragon of Ra's attack points.

Basically Marik's most important cards are the ones that made his enemies suffer the most

Im surprised that he didnt make a Mega Ultra Chicken joke :(

I still remember playground Yugioh times when my friend tried to burn me to 0 LP with Lava Golem and Gravity Bind. I drew a heavy storm the next turn, cleared all his back row, then used his own Lava Golem to attack him directly to win, lol

Egyptian God Slime can also be made by tributing Metal Reflect Slime. I found good use of it in stun decks in MD, especially with Banisher of the Radiance.

I'd love to see a series on ten newer cards that classic characters would use! For example, top 10 modern cards Bandit Keith would use.

In Duel Links, Yami Marik has a Skill that essentially gives him all of Ra's missing abilities, most notably the "Gain the attack of the monsters used to Tribute Summon Ra" effect.

#2: Monster Reborn was limited in Duel Monsters (the game within the show), too, which is why Marik could only use 1 copy of it.

15:14 Fun fact: In the manga, *Kaiba* was the one who saved Joey from drowning! The former dropped the key into the water to let the latter free himself. Needless to say, manga Joey has not happy when he discovered who save him. In any case, it is cool to see manga Kaiba acknowledge Joey in a crucial moment!

I'm very interested in what the top 10 list for Jaden looks like, given his vast arsenal of heroes.

While my favorite thing about Marik is how he brought the insanity to the show, it is a shame he focused more on torturing to death his foes instead of out-dueling them. He is my second favorite Yu-Gi-Oh villian ever, his and Ra's English Version themes are so very good. Despite all that, he is beaten out by Yubel, my absolute favorite. Years ago in Nightmare Troubadour, I Dueled Marik countless times until he gave me The Winged Dragon Ra. That was so fun getting to summon amd use it...I miss that game... Lastly looking forward to Jaden's, Jesse's, and Yubel's videos.

Makyura’s old effect was really cool since it allowed you to activate traps from your hand when its send to the grave but I guess it was changed because of how powerful of the effect was at the time.

Just started the video, but I'm going to guess Sphere Mode is #1

Love you doing the modified the chant

Ideas For Top 10s Videos Top 10 Gaia Cards, Buster Blader Cards, Ancient Gear Cards, Cyber Dragon Cards, Ojama Cards, Junk Cards, Synchron Cards, Stardust Cards, Synchro Warrior Cards and Red Dragon Archfiend Cards

I will forever love that Marik had zero respect for Joey and so he wanted to make him hurt and suffer but Joey would have won if he was able to declare an attack because you never underestimate your opponent

To be fair, I know they were not as big as the ones covered but I would say that Mako Tsunami and Weevil Underwood had interesting cards too for a top like this one, Rex Raptor a bit less, though, but maybe...?

Regarding the ban on burn cards, from what I remember, it seemed more to be a case of all pure burn cards being banned for some reason rather than them being powerful. My guess is that Kaiba thought they encouraged boring play.

would be cool Konami give marik some upgrade cards and they are illusion type monster since Marik has that eye symbol forehead both pegasus and Marik have in common the illusion eye

Gotta give you props for your version of the Ra chant! Very clever!

Love the idea of ranking the top 10 most important cards for characters. I would love to see top 10's for characters from GX and 5D's, if you get the chance.

Excellent design in incorporating a DuelingLogs Ra Chant into the video. I would love to see you cover some of Bastion Massawa's cards from the Yugioh GX Series.

12:18 Imagine if they made a Mystic Mine Retrain, based around Malik's Nightmare Steelcage 16:53 If they gave support to Malik's strategy (the one focused on the Slimes to Summon Ra), I wonder if they would get stuff focused on stall and burn damage. Something like for example: adapting Viser Des's effect so you can banished it from hand or GY as a quick effect, to negate a monster's effect, and if you negate a monster's effect on the field (or replace it so its effect becomes "at each end phase, inflict 500 LP of Damage to this card's controller"), that monster becomes unable to attack, change its battle position, or be used for the summon of a fusion, synchro, xyz, link or ritual summon. That way you can mimic , kinda, Malik's playstyle of "torture the opponent slowly" (LP damage), while he assembles the requirements for his egyptian god Maybe say it can only be tributed for the summon of a fiend or a divine-beast's monster's summon (so you can use lava golem or ra's sphere mode) 21:18 The only way I can think of to adap revival jam as a retrain (without) becoming insanly busted would be make a new jam that if it leaves the field by an opponent's card effect or battle, it can summon either a token, or the original revival jam. and that while the retrain is on the GY, you don't need to pay LP for revival jam's revival effect. and if revival jam leaves the field outside battle, you can summon the jam retrain

0:39 Idea for an Zera The Mant retrain: _Zera Archfiend_ (DARK) Level 8 Fiend/Ritual/Effect _You can ritual summon this card with “Contract with the Abyss”. If this card is ritual summoned: You can add 1 “Zera” card to your hand (from your field, deck or GY). “Zera” monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects while this card is face-up on the field. If a “Zera” monster you control destroys a monster by battle or inflicts battle damage; You can either add to your hand or send to your GY (from your deck) 1 Warrior, Fiend, Fairy or Zombie monster._ ATK/2800 DEF/2300

I was disappointed when I saw how nerfed revival jam was in real life

how to counter mariks shadow games "you feel the pain/damage your monsters take": play a machine deck or a deck that revolves around inanimate objects

16:28 idea for an equip-focused retrain of this card: _Viser Malice_ Level 4 Fiend/Effect _(Quick Effect) If a monster is summoned face-up: You can equip this card to the summoned monster. Monsters equipped with this card cannot attack, and have their effects negated. During the end of every phase, the ATK/DEF of monsters’s equipped with this card is decreased by 200. If the equipped monster’s ATK or DEF is 0 during the end phase; banish it, then return this card to your hand._ ATK/500 DEF/1200

24:17 Idea for some Ra support, because with half a decks worth of individual cards behind it it’s a shame only sphere mode sees consistent play: _Disciple Of The Sun_ (LIGHT) Level 3 Spellcaster/Effect _Once per turn, (Quick Effect): If you activate a card or effect that mentions “The Winged Dragon of Ra” in it’s name or text; You can special summon this card this card from your hand or GY. You gain LP equal to any increase or decrease in your opponent’s LP. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can either tribute 3 cards from your hand or field OR reveal 1 DIVINE monster in your hand: Add 1 card from your deck or GY to your hand that mentions “The Winged Dragon Of Ra” in it’s name or text, then Apply the following effects until the end phase of your next turn:_ ⚪️You can normal summon/set twice per turn, not just once. ⚪️You can normal summon/set monsters with 1 less tribute. ⚪️Monsters you control with 3000 or more total ATK/DEF count as 3 tributes for the normal summon of your level 10 monsters. ATK/1500 DEF/1500

Quite the interesting variety of monsters picked for this list, even if #1 wasn't very surprising. I'm just surprised Zera the Mant made #10, considering Marik never directly used the card at all NOR was he shown owning it at any point. Since Marik is likely the last DM-era character to have truly iconic cards, moving onto GX-era chars makes the most sense to me. Maybe start with Jaden if you're going to do that.

Love the way you introduced #1.

From 3:02 to 3:45 literally felt like an ad and I was waiting for you to say "this video is sponser by"

That chant was fantastic

OK using the Egyptian god chant for your number one pic is absolutely hilarious. Thank you.

I love these videos they're awesome I hope you put them in a stand alone playlist

Love how he did the summoning chant of Ra like reading an essay

Yo. That custom summoning chant for the Winged Dragon of Ra was awesome!

Duel Logs version of the Winged Dragon of Ra chant was everything.

Some more Top 10 ideas (but I'm not sure if it's already been done): -Best cards from bad archetypes -Worst cards from good archetypes -Best Scale 0 Pendulum Cards (one list each all the way to Scale 13, if possible, since you have made lists for monsters with Levels, Ranks, and Link Ratings) Oh, and this might be too much, but what about the entire Duel Terminal lore for The Unknown Side of Yu-Gi-Oh? That very long story covered a lot of archetypes (unlike the Visas, Closed World, and World Legacy storylines) and I enjoyed reading all of it in Yugipedia

Love your version of Ra's Summoning Chant lol.

What about top 5 or 10 of the strongest decks if you could use banned cards Great vid as always logs, I know you loved role-playing as Marik chanting at the end lmao

18:53 Idea for a “Revival Jam” Retrain: _Revival Slime_ (WATER) Level 4 Aqua/Effect _If this card is banished or sent to the GY by an opponent’s card or effect: You can pay 1000 LP; Special Summon it in Defense position next phase. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can shuffle this card that is banished or in your GY into your deck: add to your hand or special summon 1 “Slime”, “Jam” or DIVINE monster from your GY._ ATK/500 DEF/1500

"For the most part, Marik dominated the 3rd rate duelist." Wow, speaking of Lava Golem, the burn ... xD

Ok aside from the list, the chant was pretty dope.

As a kid, I've always thought that Marik was the end boss of the anime. He's so evil and sadistic that he really scared me.

Yessss so you're not stopping at Duel Monsters. GX will be so hype.

Ah Lava Golem, the "Wait you can do that" interaction with Return from the Different Dimension. Yes my 2 lava golems that I used to summon Dark Necrofear are on my side of the board and attacking you.

I'd love to see one of these kind of videos for The Chazz

Skipped left arm offering 🤔

Yes looking forward for the GX characters. Do Jaden, Amnael, Bastion and Syrus of course :D

"You can often beat expensive meta with cheap cards." Team Taiyou from 5D also tried something like that in-universe.

Loved the chant for the top 1

"He wasnt acting like his usual self" Kieth: ø_ø ' '

22:12 Is kinda funny how this card, even in the anime, was an staple, yet Malik was the first one to make the most of it 24:11 Unexpected chant 26:46 It is kinda ironic that Ra's most used way of play is mimicking Lava Golem's effect. the only thing missing is Sphere Mode inflicting Effect damage (or worse, making you Pay LP)

Interesting idea to paraphrase the "Winged Dragon of Ra" chant when going into the card itself. The original chant recited by the Pharoah Atem is "Almighty protector of the Sun and Sky, I beg of thee please heed my cry. Transform thyself from Orb of Light and bring me victory in this fight. I beseech thee, grace our humble game, but first I shall call out thy name, Winged Dragon of Ra!"

A fun April Fool's Day video would be the return of this series staring Tristan

Maybe could've also mentioned another TCG form of Ra, a pretty cool take on its anime phoenix form - Immortal Phoenix: ATK 4000 / DEF 4000 Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by its own effect. If "The Winged Dragon of Ra" is sent from the field to your GY while this card is in your GY: Special Summon this card. Cards and effects cannot be activated in response to this effect's activation. This card is unaffected by other cards' effects. You can pay 1000 LP; send 1 monster on the field to the GY. Once per turn, during the End Phase: Send this card to the GY, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode" from your hand, Deck, or GY, ignoring its Summoning conditions.

It should be noted that Meteor of Destruction had no LF cost. It was a free 1000 burn card in tournament with 4000 LP. It was banned in Battle City since Kaiba banned all cards that could inflict damage directly or destroy a monster.

When this series started i thought that you'd get to Jack be the time the new structure deck comes but now I'm not sure if that video will come before December

I run Metal Reflect Slime & Egyptian God Slime in both my Sacred Beast and King Tiger Decks on Master Duel, the former also in real life! In the case of the former, I use it as an additional means to get Continuous Traps into the Graveyard to power up Uria, but in both cases it's to get out a 3000 ATK monster who not only has destruction protection, but also redirects attacks, mainly away from the kitty (and if you can think of a better reason, I'd love to hear it!)! I also run Sphere Mode in my Kaiju Deck, alongside Lava Golem, I don't think I need to explain the thinking there, but I also run one Ra, cuz he'll be sticking around with 4000 ATK! I mean, hey, I've done something right, that Deck got me up to Platinum, so! Twice! (That said, Godzilla is pretty much the reason I got into the whole Japanese Monster stuff in the first place, such as Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon, so... And I have a playset of a lot of the Kaiju cards in real life!)

This series is so cool. If you start doing the other series and protagonist then this has limitless potential

pretty late but this holds up Neko Mane King was used as Anti Tearizu because Neko Mane King stopped their field mid combo and the one Penguin monster could turn it making it into a gamble for the Tear player. Mushroom Man #2 was used to… block Kashtira since they all relied on summoning with their own effects and were all too high to be summoned normally.

Since Millenium Rod Replica is now being sold, I wonder if we finally can play with Shadow Game rule and use these cards for competitive

I was so hyped for Makyurya being off the banlist; it was one heck of a handtrap... But then they errata'd it into a field-to-gy effect O_O

We need a Zane video, after all cyber dragon is objectively the most kick ass archetype as declared by god.

Egyptian God Slime actually works really well in tear and becomes a massive problem when you have to out it first to deal with the other cards

Gx next, the hype is real ! That's when i discovered yugioh and honestly there's so many interesting characters that needs to have a list like this. This is hands down the coolest era of yugioh imo. So many different themes, a more casual setup with twists that went a bit too far sometimes, so many cool designs ... And most importantly, crystal beasts ! :D

How dare you forget Mako Tsunami for this series! I need to see that top 10 please and thank you.

Really would love to see Tea's best cards 👀

Would you be willing to cover characters from the Yugioh Manga in this series? I would love to see you cover Midori Hibiki since I love the Darklord archetype eve if it's not the best archetype it's still fun to use

It only makes sense to depict stall burn through a sadist like Merik. Also, if I remember the sub correctly, Seto banned burned cards because they were unsportmen to use moreso than they were strong.

I would love to see Yubels top 10

“The fact that it doesn’t have an effect makes it ineffective-“ Fair enough

Can you do a video about the top 5 best link 5 monster cards please like Firewall dragon darkfluid and its retrain for examples please?

Yami Marik's play style in a nutshell: Yami Marik: Screw you in particular, this is PERSONAL. Opponent: What do you mean? I just met you 10 seconds ago for this duel.

A play I do against lava Golem is, they bring it out, play creature swap and give it to them. It then really depends on damage nullifiers like magic cylinder and other cards

What made Lava Golem a true threat was it's burn damage combos. LG delt 1000 points per turn and people loved using one or two Nightmare Wheel cards on it. Nightmare Wheel deals 500 burn damage per turn so two dealt 1000 points. Doing this delt 2000 burn damage per turn and could potentially win you the game. That combo was a menace to deal with back in the day. I doubt it would work at all these days.

22:34 I can't believe that there's a Yu-Gi-Oh character with the _unique_ ability to read the card text. This anime really was ahead of its time.

In duel links, lava golem has been nerfed a bit. I use it a lot and the burn effect these days is only 500 damage. Pair that with owners seal and you have a 3000atk beat stick that the opponent paid for (though you pay 500 life per turn)

TheDuelLogs: Makyura was just a small part of Marik's fiend army. Makyura: but I'm a warrior 👁👄👁

The joey vs yugi battle was so weird for me because in the manga Kaiba was the one that cheekily saved him by dropping the key into the water lel

Back then, you can fusion summon Egyptian God Slime using Tear name into a link zone Spight Elf points to, it will protect your entire monster zone from being targeted which is quite OP in the Tear version that I piloted

What about the top 10 biggest/smallest arechtypes (by number of cards in them)?

I do ask if youll be seeing only Anime versions or will you do Manga versions of future characters, cause from here on, they differ greatly

Have you done a top ten for Rebecca's cards for the dm era

ah nostalgic... last time my brother still played yugioh she used "Card of Safe Return" along with "Dark Word".... it was hell...

Now that I think about it, would Makyura still be fair if you could activate more than one trap but it couldn't have the same name as one you activated this turn?

OMG.....TOTALLY DIDNT SEE NUMBER 1 COMING

Your version of Ra’s chant i truly hope go down in Yugioh’s history 😂

“Defeat even the most power staples out there” 15 negates later…….

Also, GX characters that should be covered: - Jaden/Judai (Elemental Hero) - Syrus/Sho (Vehicleroids) - Chazz/Manjoume (Armed Dragon/Ojamas) - Alexis/Asuka (Cyber Angels) - Zane/Ryo (Cyber Dragons) - Aster/Edo (Destiny Heroes) - Sartorius/Takuma (Arcana Force) - Yubel (Uh... Yubel). If you also wanna do archetypes that also got support in the real life game, there's Crowler/Cronos (Ancient Gears), Tyranno (Evolution), Jim (Fossils), Adrian/Amon (Volcanic), and Jesse/Johan (Rainbow Dragon). Do also note that the manga versions of every GX character typically had the same archetypes, but used completely different cards. For example, Jaden in the manga used Elemental Hero Terra Firma as his ace Monster instead of Elemental Hero Neos.